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Height Models

Height models are digital data sets which show the form of the earth's surface in 3D. Each set of X and Y coordinates shows a height (Z). Different products are available for various applications.

swissALTI3D

swissALTI3D

swissALTI3D represents the surface of Switzerland without vegetation and buildings. The elevation model is updated every 6 years.

swissSURFACE3D Raster

swissSURFACE3D Raster

swissSURFACE3D Raster is the digital surface model (DSM) of swisstopo. It depicts the shape of the earth's surface with all the landscape elements.

DHM25

DHM25

The DHM25 is an earlier elevation model from swisstopo with a mesh size of 25 m. This terrain model was derived at the time from the contour lines of the National Map at 1:25,000.

swissSURFACE3D

swissSURFACE3D

swissSURFACE3D is a classified point cloud which describes the surface of Switzerland. swissSURFACE3D has a point density of at least 5 points per square metre.

swissBATHY3D

swissBATHY3D

swissBATHY3D is a digital terrain model of selected Swiss lakes. It describes the topography of the lake beds.

DHM25 / 200m

DHM25 / 200m

Digital height model DHM25 with 200 m grid is a set of data representing the 3D form of the earth’s surface without vegetation and buildings. It is essentially based on the 1:25,000 Swiss national...


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